Quiet Preparation of the Self--Looking toward the New Year | Wych Elm Reiki and Intuitive Services

People create their own questions, because they’re afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it—walk.
Andrei in Ayn Rand’s We the Living

Throughout November, I was silent on Wych Elm’s blog and pretty quiet on social media. I’ve put no effort into my role as a My Daily Choice/HempWorx affiliate. Instead, l spent the month focusing on my family, specifically on earning income for my family. I always have a lot on my responsibility plate, and for November, I chose to draw back in some energy I had been expending on building for the future. Although I know that is important, I felt strongly through Novemberthat I needed to be in the moment, in the present, so I put most of my energy and attention during my working hours on the work brought in by a two-month editing contract, on continuing classes with my Reiki student, on healing sessions, and on an editing project that I began in October. My weekends, mornings, and evenings have continued to be devoted to caring for my family and myself, including a lot more time reading now that I’m not tending a garden or the lawn. Since beginning concerted efforts on personal development in 2015, I have read much more nonfiction than fiction during this time devoted to myself, but since the beginning of November, I have allowed myself to read whatever strikes my fancy. That’s included a lot of fiction and memoir, and I’ve been reminded of how much reading books in general can expand our horizons and broaden our points of view.

Essentially, with the US national election and its aftermath, the renewed rise of coronavirus infections, and the beginning of the holiday season, I have (as much as possible) stayed home, in my own energy, and out of the energy of the broader world.

I moved through November and into December without any sudden awakening to new knowledge or insight into my true and deepest self. Although after recording November’s energy preview, I was expecting a more sudden or profound awakening, I actually experienced a subtle shift. I rediscovered a more peaceful inner world, and I feel far less stressed and tired than I did moving into November. Through the discomfort and poor sleep brought on a few times by seasonal allergy and sinus issues; through the holiday; and even through the ups and downs of having my children home rather than in school for several full and partial days during the weekdays, I have felt a basic equilibrium and satisfaction. I have felt in touch with my innermost self and have felt … good.

I have felt a few flashes of guilt about not doing what I “should” be doing to try to expand Wych Elm and/or my affiliate-marketing business, but in those times, my quiet inner voice has reminded me of two things: (1) that both of these businesses are a means to an end (supporting my family in living the life we desire) and (2) that I have always made the most progress in my business endeavors when I was focusing on the work itself, enjoying what I was doing, and making decisions as they arose, rather than attempting to achieve a specific outcome. This is kind of the approach of “keep your head down, keep your mouth shut, mind your own business, and do your work” that is sometimes touted in certain circles. But I’m not keeping my head down. I’m paying attention to what’s going on in the world, but I’m not getting swept up in it. Instead, I’m focusing on living in the moment.

Craving an outcome anchors you to a future that does not exist, and drags you from the peace of the present moment.
Joshua Fields Millburn, “Success Does Not Exist”

I spent much of the summer and fall making and trying to implement plans to grow Wych Elm, but I had the best results when I worked on the steps I was essentially given by my guides—which, rather unexpectedly, led me back to editing. And then things shifted energetically, and I felt my own energy was better spent on my inner work. In this case, that hasn’t meant devoting myself to spiritual study and effort or even to personal development in the conventional sense but to focusing on “my little bubble,” keeping myself to myself, as some people would say—simply focusing on living my life and caring for my family from moment to moment without looking back at the past or forward to the future. Most times, after all, the lesson is in the living. I’ve kept my head neither up and looking to the future nor down and looking only to the tip of my nose. Rather, I’ve been looking in between, at just one or two steps at a time on the path laid out at my feet.

I know, I’m repeating myself here, but this is important. The point is, the energy at this time of year is ideal for self-reflection, introspection, and simply living—for being thankful for what we’ve got and being as present as possible, for as much of it as possible. And that is the essence of being in touch with our Divine selves. Although I missed gathering with my parents and extended family and friends for Thanksgiving and will likely miss doing so for Christmas and New Year as well, I have cherished the slower pace and the opportunity to focus on only the immediate needs of myself, my spouse, and my children. Though some very important things in my family’s life are in limbo regarding, I I feel balanced and calm, ready to face what the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 will bring, with full faith that no matter what comes, I will face it with Divine support.

I’ve been moving through December with the same approach I used in November: caring for my family, wrapping up projects begun in the fall, keeping my eyes open for opportunities that may present themselves (but not stressing if nothing new seems to appear), and studying the lives and thoughts of others to glean any new wisdom that may help me on my path.

I have created no energy report for December because when I have asked my guides about December, they have brought to my mind the energy report for November 2020and for November 2019. Regarding November 2019’s energy report, they have pointed especially toward the prayer discussed in the video, which is about keeping my eyes open to see and then take the next best step on the path of my life. In other words, keep taking life one step at a time and, when we see multiple choices in front of us, ask for Divine guidance to reveal to us which is the best step/path.

As we move toward the opportunities and hope of a new year, the balanced spiritual warrior within me recognizes the balanced spiritual warrior within you, and I wish you the brightest blessings of this season of quiet reflection and renewal.

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